Program
Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies
Mediterranean Studies
Middle East Politics Program (at the Department of Politics)

Degrees Offered
BA (Arabic Studies)
BA (French and Arabic)
BA (Spanish and Arabic)
BA (Arab and Middle East Studies)
BA (Islamic Studies)
BA (Arabic and Islamic Studies)
BA (Middle East Studies with Arabic)
MA (Mediterranean Studies)
MA (Middle East Politics)
MA (Middle East Studies)
MA (Islamic Studies)
MA (Arab Gulf Studies)
MA (Modern Arabic Literature)
MPhil / PhD

Middle East Languages
Arabic (Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced)

Courses
Arab and Islamic Studies
History of Arab Civilization
History of Arabic Language and Literature
Contemporary Arab World
Islamic Thought and Philosophy
Islamic History, Muslim Spain
Arabic Philology
Classical Arabic Literature
Modern Arabic Literature
History
Islamic Spain
Modern Middle East History
Foundational Texts of Islam
Islamic Law and Theology
Islam and Modernity
The Gulf in its Arab and International Context
Oil and Gulf Economics

Politics and Social Sciences
Middle Eastern Politics
Politics and International Relations of the Middle East
Political Economy of the Middle East
International Politics--Middle East Case Study
Political Sociology
Public Administration

Courses are organized according to an interdisciplinary approach and are offered
annually, over 3 terms.

Faculty
Nadje Sadig Al-Ali (Sociology/Anthropology of the Middle East)
Youssef Choueiri (Modern Arab and Islamic history)
Michael Dumper (Middle East Politics)
Rasheed El-Enany (Modern Arabic literature)
Nelida Fuccaro (Modern social history of the Gulf, Iraq and Syria)
Adrian Gully (Arabic language and linguistics)
Richard Hitchcock (Islamic Spain)
Salwa Ismail (Middle East Politics)
Jawid Mojaddedi (Classical literature and Islamic historiography)
James Morris (Islamic history and philosophy)
Kamil Mahdi (Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Economics)
Tim Niblock (Political Economy of the Gulf)
Mohamed-Salah Omri (Comparative Literature and Cultures of the ME & North Africa)
Larbi Sadiki (Middle East Politics)
Jeffrey Stanyer (Public Administration)
Bogdan Szajkowski (Central Asian politics)
Ann Williams (Middle East history)

Directors
Professor Tim Niblock, Head of Institute
Dr Kamil Mahdi (Program for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies)
Dr Michael Dumper (Middle East Politics Program)

Scholarships/Graduate Support
British Academy, and Economic and Social Research Council awards (British citizens only)
University of Exeter research studentships (open to all)
Occasional scholarships/bursaries advertised through the Institute

Inquiries
For General Information
Mrs Anna McFadden, Administrator
A.J.McFadden@ex.ac.uk

For degree programs and application procedures 
Department Secretary
iais-info@ex.ac.uk

Details of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies 
Dr Kamil Mahdi
K.A.Mahdi@exeter.ac.uk

Information on the MA in Middle East Politics
Dr Michael Dumper
M.R.T.Dumper@exeter.ac.uk